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Curveball Kevin

In what probably amounts to the world's greatest curveball, Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has managed to divert attention away from the recent... More

Labor's honeymoon could be over

Opinion polls put the Commonwealth Government neck and neck with the Opposition for the first time since Labor took office in 2007 and in an... More

This is a disgrace

This is what happened when politicians appoint themselves as project managers.

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Broken Labor Promises

Port Jackson, the birthplace of the Australian nation is home to the Royal Australian Navy, port of call for more than 100 cruise liners per... More

This will not happen on iServ - ever

The South Australian Government has passed a law that will require anyone who comments on the upcoming South Australian general elections in... More

Another message for people who believe in the climate change fallacy

Economic experts predict a price rise of at least $900 for electricity if Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and Minister for Climate Change, Senat... More

Jobs for the boys today

When I visited [i]The Sydney Morning Herald[/i] today I was greeted with the following headline: [b]Keneally promotes Sartor and Kelly[/b].<... More

Abbott makes ground on Rudd in poll

Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has scored a favourable increase in popularity in a poll that asks who out of Mr Abbott and Prime Minister, ... More

Your Excellency, It's time to dissolve the Parliament

I was referred to a petition being run by News Ltd just five minutes ago and didn't have any hesitation in signing it. If you want good gove... More

The real bitch is Kevin Rudd

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, continues to snub the newly sworn-in Premier of NSW, Kristina Keneally by leaving a party spokesman to say "They... More

Two by-elections today

The Liberal Party faces a challenge to hold onto two blue-ribbon electorates today in by-elections brought on by the retirements of the form... More

Triple Act not such a big deal - let's just get on with the job

Today Premier-Elect, Kristina Keneally, will go to Government House to be sworn in as the 59th Premier of NSW. This will mark a point in his... More

KRudd tells Rees to get things sorted

Ahead of a predicted leadership spill in the NSW Government this afternoon, Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has told his NSW colleagues to "get ... More

Time for Labor to go

Today may go down in history as the day NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, is shunted to the back bench in a revolt led by the party's right wing. Le... More

Senate kills the ETS

Taxpayers have been delivered safely from the ravenous clutches of Labor's emissions trading scheme (ETS) by a new united conservative force... More

Limits should be placed on the size of new homes: Dr John Kaye

Did you ever read such garbage?

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Leadership battle lines are drawn

Tony Abbott has thrown his hat into the ring by declaring himself a contender for Tuesday's Liberal Party leadership spill and he'll go up a... More

Hockey the likely victor in leadership battle

A poll conducted by [i]The Sydney Morning Herald[/i] shows that Joe Hockey is more popular with voters than Malcolm Turnbull.

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'Dangerous climate change' the new buzzword

Treasurer, Wayne Swan, went on the attack in Parliament yesterday accusing the Liberal Party of ignoring what the Labor Party is now referri... More

John Howard takes aim at Kevin Rudd

It is a classic case of 'I told you so' but former Prime Minister has come out, accusing current Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd of running a do-... More

Della falls on his sword

In the last few days yet another scandal has rocked the NSW Government to its foundations however with National Flag Day celebrations taking... More

Labor's call for a new national flag rejected by the people

Yesterday, NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, made a call for the Australian Flag to be replaced as part of his address speech for National Flag Day ... More

I told you so

Further to the previous thread about Labor's lack of commitment to public transport improvements and expansion I again refer you to [i]The S... More

The real ghost train

This article at the [i]Sydne... More

Return to compulsory student unionism defeated - for now

The Senate voted against a bill yesterday that would have effectively seen a return to compulsory student unionism in Australia. This is a f... More

Climate change is a fallacy

Much is being said about the proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS) that the Commonwealth Government wants to introduce. This includes an a... More

Go the whole hogg KRudd or leave well enough alone - Part One

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has yet again backflipped on a promise to compulsorily acquire around 600 public hospitals owned by the states a... More

Logo madness strikes again - courtesy of the Labor Party

The image below on the left is the Coat of Arms of the State of New South Wales. The image next to it is is supposed to be the new corporate... More

Unemployment goes up again

Unemployment has risen to a six year high of 5.8% after 21,000 people lost their job in the month of June. It looks like Kevin Rudd's promis... More

How do they get away with it?

The NSW Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal is currently considering new perks that have been requested by Members, including a $77.55 per d... More

Utegate scandal has come to a head

Question Time in the House of Representatives did not go ahead this afternoon. It was suspended to allow debate on the Utegate Affair to con... More

Get out!

On Thursday Night, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (The Greens) brought her two year old daughter into the chamber whilst a division was in progr... More

Three republican groups join forces

Three republican groups have joined forces to promote a possible Australian republic, they being the Australian Republican Movement, Women f... More

Just when I thought we'd have a peaceful Queen's Birthday weekend

Today it has been reported that the NSW Labor Party is crumbling from within. Left wing union hacks and the Tony Stewart Fan Club are lockin... More

Labor thanks Queensland voters with steep tax hikes

Queenslanders will have more to worry about than the possibility of being thrashed by New South Wales in the opening State of Origin match t... More

Labor's stronghold on NSW is finally crumbling

Today's opinion polls reflect a widespread change in how voters feel about their government and a new-found belief that Opposition Leader, B... More

Kevin 07 finally utters the B-word

Now that Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has come to terms with the damage his cash handouts have done to the budget's bottom line he has finall... More

Intelligent people vote for The Greens? Like hell...

I don't know why I waste valuable time reading websites plastered with blatant left wing propaganda but I did it this arvo on a visit to Cri... More

Tony Abbott got it right - the money is running out and Kevin07 is no longer the flavour of the month

It's not too often that the opinion of an opposition party can be so accurate but it is happening this week as more people lose their jobs, ... More

The Honourable Peter Costello, MP

Former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has launched a new personal website, touted by Labor as a job application in reference to a perceived desi... More

Budget `09

Tonight at 19:30 the Treasurer, Wayne Swan brought down his second budget and whilst some of the predicted [i]surprises[/i] were softened by... More

Budget deficit official

The size of the Commonwealth budget deficit has been leaked and will stand at $58bn as of tomorrow night - four times larger than the bigges... More

The defence of Australia on the table again

Last week Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced that his government was committed to a beef up of Australia's defence forces in the wake of ... More

Malcolm Turnbull slams the gate on Chairman Rudd

Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has accused Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, of being an intermediary between the United States of America a... More

Costello nails Rudd to a cross on economics

Former Treasurer, Peter Costello, wrote More

What about the pensioners Mr Rudd?

Federal politicians have been granted a $90 per week increase in their electoral allowances whilst pensioners live below the poverty line, m... More

Republicanism shows its ugly head again

Senator Bob Brown is pushing forward with a private bill to force the Commonwealth Government to hold a referendum with a question asking vo... More

Proof that Labor's border protection policies are a dismal failure

Today we have witnessed the return to the bad old days of people being smuggled into Australia ad-nauseum and we are also witnessing a retur... More

KRudd's on yet another overseas trip - this time Thailand

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has landed in Thailand in yet another overseas trip to promote his Asia-Pacific Community agenda to regional lea... More

Stimulus number three is on the way

The Commonwealth Government is refusing to deny rumours that a third economic stimulus package will be unveiled as part of the next budget w... More

Kevin 07 goes on another junket whilst Australia hits recession

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, flies out of the country yet again on a two week world tour as Australia slides into recession. The country is g... More

Queensland goes to the polls

Queensland voters have returned their government to power but with a vastly reduced majority yesterday. Labor holds on but has suffered a 3.... More

Go directly to gaol. Do pick up $900

In the latest scandal surrounding the Commonwealth Government's second stimulus package it has been found that people who have died since th... More

Reckless Labor will plunge Australia into the third world

Whilst Labor's latest vote-buying exercise will personally benefit me as I stand to collect $950 in a one-off tax rebate payable by the Comm... More

The Australian Republican Movement proves un-Australian and divisive again

The President of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), Major General Michael Keating, has shown how divisive and un-Australian the ARM's... More

When will Labor get their priorities right?

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has just announced a $4bn partnership with the big four banks to get commercial property developments kicked in ... More

Jet-setting Prime Minister packs his bags for another holiday

It has been reported today that Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is about to take to the air again for a trip to Papua New Guinea, India and Swit... More

Frank Sartor for Premier? Let's hope not...

NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, is currently under a cloud for his government's lack of ability to improve their standing in opinion polls, a prom... More

Labor raises the republic issue - again

At a time when the Chicken Little Economy is looming Labor is once again putting the republic issue on the table however this time it is not... More

Nathan Rees on the back foot

NSW Premier, Nathan Rees, has backflipped on his plans to charge families for student travel passes, admitting that the plan was "hard on fa... More

Kevin rides high after welfare splurge but what about the NSW Premier?

Whilst Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, flies all over the world at taxpayers' expense and splashes money around like it is going out of style hi... More

Kevin's bribe lifts approval rating

The popularity of the Prime Minister has been boosted to Howardesque levels due to the recent payouts to families and pensioners that Labor ... More

The price paid for cracking the whip just once too often

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is in turmoil tonight as reports flow in of staff climbing over each other to get to the do... More

Kevin 07 spends big on his world tours

Former Prime Minister, John Howard, was recently harassed by the media for spending $250,000 on travel and other expenses that he is entitle... More

Labor's first year in office

Today marks the first anniversary of Labor Government at the Federal level after their election win last November. However there doesn't see... More

Victorian Premier out of order

Victorian Premier, John Brumby, has said today that the Commonwealth should not help bail New South Wales out of its current financial situa... More

The new Premier is on the skids already

As if things couldn't get worse in NSW in a political sense, Premier, Nathan Rees, is facing a Party Room revolt over the recent mini-budget... More

What do you want? Blood?

The NSW Government has sunk to new lows today, asking private hospitals to start charging patients who receive blood top-ups.

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NSW Government plots a return to single deck trains

At a time when large cities in Germany, France and Switzerland are in the middle of upgrading their suburban rail fleets to double deck trai... More

Labor's mini-budget is a disaster

Today the NSW Government handed down the first mini-budget the state has had in at least 20 years and it contains many measures that are sur... More

'Dilemma' falls on his sword

In the next step in the horrendous saga surrounding the NSW Government today Premier, Morris 'Dilemma' Iemma, has formally resigned, making ... More

New Governor General sworn in

Former Governor of Queensland, Quentin Bryce AC, has been sworn in as the 25th Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia this mornin... More

Costa is goneskies

NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, has sacked the Treasurer as part of his ministerial reshuffle today and reports claim that Minister for Health, R... More

Watkins falls on his sword

Two days ago NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa, threatened to walk away from politics if he did not get his way with Labor's plan to sell off the... More

'Dilemma' takes the next step to destroy democracy

NSW Premier, Morris [i]Dilemma[/i] Iemma, is skating on thin ice with his quest to sell of government-owned electricity retailers. He is now... More

Power privatisation fails in Parliament

The first attempt by the NSW Government to privatise the State's electricity retailing industry has failed. The Labor Party put the motion i... More

As per usual, Kevin Rudd has his priorities wrong

Yesterday Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, called for Australians to learn either Chinese or Japanese and help Australia reach out to Asia in a s... More

Kevin Rudd's new order is now on notice, officially

Labor has suffered a smashing 9% swing against it at general elections held in the Northern Territory yesterday. Whilst Labor looks to hang ... More

CPI now accompanied by new indicator - the KPI

Today it has been announced that the Commonwealth will increase a number of excises it levies on certain goods including alcohol and cigaret... More

Naughty Kev Oh Sev..

It looks like the Stylemaster's clean cut academic image has been well and truly smashed forever.

It turns out that Prime Minister,... More

Under a conservative government it wouldn't be happening

Rail workers in NSW are preparing to go on strike on the 17th July which just happens to be World Youth Day here in Sydney. It would never h... More

Gippsland byelection takes the mickey out of Labor

Today's Federal byelection in the electorate of Gippsland, Victoria should be an eye-opener for the Commonwealth Government who only after s... More

Governor General talks about republicanism

I've been saying this for years - If Australia becomes a republic with a popularly elected head of state the political ramifications could l... More

A week of socialism

This week an academic from Melbourne University, Professor Tim Lindsey, suggested that Australia would be better off by teaming up with the ... More

The Prime Minister is losing control

In the first sign that Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, looked like losing control was when he signed the Kyoto Protocol and said sorry to the al... More

It's back to the good old days

In tonight's Commonwealth Budget Labor will announce the death knell for the Work for the Dole scheme introduced by the previous government ... More

Labor's rail plan stinks of another broken promise

NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, has been hit with another blow, this time from his promise to construct an underground rail line using single dec... More

Power station sell-off will mean disaster

NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, could be choking on his last gasps of time in office as the Left Wing of the Labor Party put the wheels in motion... More

KRudd impresses Time magazine but...

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has made the Time magazine top 100 influencial people list and Mr Rudd definitely has a big smile on his face.More

KRudd seems to fancy himself

Today I read a column in [i]The Daily Telegraph[/i] that inspired me to comment immediately. Someone (besides me) actually thinks that Prime... More

The 2020 Summit was a farce

Kevin Rudd's 2020 Summit has proven to be the farce all the pundits claimed it would be. After two days of dozens of academics talking down ... More

Labor is turning NSW into a communist police state

News about a plot by Planning Minister, Frank Sartor to have the final say in compulsory land acquisition programmes has left a bad taste in... More

Kevin07 is full of it

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has made a vein attempt to reignite the republican debate in an obvious act of Labor's desperation to seek retri... More

The unions are the bosses and Labor are the slaves

I've always said that Labor answers to the unions and it is a repeated claim that has never met with any significant opposition and what I a... More

Labor's tax cut agenda is a fraud

Today the Prime Minister has reiterated his election promise releating to tax cuts. What a shame this does not extend to the Commonwealth's ... More

Labor genuflects to their union masters - again

Federal Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson and NSW Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell have called for an inquiry into a Transport Workers Uni... More

Labor scraps Friday sittings

The Commonwealth Government has decided to reverse its policy on Friday sittings after they accused the Opposition of turning the sittings i... More

Labor is losing control

Today the Commonwealth Government has approved requests by health funds for a 5% increase in insurance premiums. This is 2% over and above t... More

KRudd fiddles whilst Australia burns

As predicted a few days ago here on iServ, the big banks are preparing to raise their home loan rates higher than the recent official rate i... More

Interest rates up again

For the third time under the stewardship of Kevin Rudd, official interest rates have risen and it is hardly breaking news that the big banks... More

Get your copy of Kevin Rudd's new book

I had to bump into it sooner or later. If I'd have been purposefully looking for it I probably would have found it earlier on. The thing is,... More

Kevin Rudd's delusions of grandeur

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, released a 55 page booklet today outlining what the Commonwealth Government has achieved in the first 100 days o... More

Morris Iemma's days are numbered

It would normally go without saying that the Premier of NSW, Morris Iemma, along with NSW Labor as a whole is living on borrowed time in a p... More

Our democracy is fading away

Further to Labor's disastrous decision to exclude Question Time from Parliamentary sittings that occur on Fridays the Opposition put a motio... More

Kevin Rudd - Our second part-time Prime Minister

It all started with former Prime Minister, Paul [i]The Grim Reaper[/i] Keating dividing his ministry into two shifts, each showing up for Qu... More

Labor fails to give Sydney free wireless Internet

In another blow to political honesty, Labor has failed to honour a promise to equip Sydney, North Sydney and Parramatta with free wireless I... More

Talkfest will be just that - a talkfest

Never before have I seen so many people wanting to be famous just for offering their views. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has opened up th... More

Interest on your interest

Official interest rates have risen for the second time since Labor won office last November which brings the cash rate to just on 7.00%.
... More

'Sorry' will soon be the hardest word

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is about to say sorry to the alleged stolen generation, a generation of people who in reality simply don't under... More

Labor promises bad news for the 2008 budget

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has told Australia that this year's budget will come with pain and suffering and all but admitted that Labor can... More

Rudd's second broken promise

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is about to break his second promise since coming to power in November 2007. It is reported that Mr Rudd will us... More

Tasmania is on a costly and un-necessary guilt trip

The Tasmanian Government is pledging $5,000,000 towards a compensation package for Tasmania's share of the alleged [i]stolen generation[/i] ... More

Bomber for Governor General? No thankyou

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has made his first move that I agree wholeheartedly with. Mr Rudd answered speculation today that former Labor L... More

The sky is about to fall down

The sky I am talking is Australia's economic sky, now under the influence of the Australian Labor Party lead by Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, ... More

Student unions - becoming a thing of the past

A report in today's [i]Sun Herald[/i] shows that membership of student unions has fallen by up to 95% since the previous government placed a... More

Labor to sell more of the family silver

The NSW Government has voted in a caucus meeting to sell of the State's three corporatised electricity retailers which were born out of more... More

It's God's fault, not Labor's

Today it was found that a section of the new Chatswood - Epping rail line, which will not open until December 2008, is too steep for T-Sets ... More

Labor still finds making the right decisions hard

Japanese whaling ships are heading for the Great Southern Ocean, much of which is part of Australia's territorial waters. The vessels will s... More

The Kyoto Protocol - politically symbolic and economically damaging

One of the greatest things ever achieved by John Howard in his years as Prime Minister was his refusal to sign and ratify the Kyoto Protocol... More

Brendan Nelson beats Malcolm Turnbull for Liberal leadership

In a week of surprises Malcolm Turnbull has been pipped by Brendan Nelson in today's ballot to choose a new leader for the Federal Parliamen... More

Media has it wrong about the Liberal leadership

In today's [i]Sydney Morning Herald[/i] it implies that the Liberal Party is about to implode on itself due to tensions leading up to today'... More

Labor carries on with their un-announced retirements

Northern Territory Chief Minister, Clare Martin, announced today that she will resign from her position as Chief Minister and sit out the re... More

Mark Vaile to resign as Leader of the National Party but remains as Member for Lyne

Another heavyweight falls on his sword this afternoon in the huge exodus affecting the leadership of the outgoing government with the news t... More

Costello will remain as Member for Higgins but on the back bench

Former Treasurer, Peter Costello, has announced today that he will not seek leadership of the Liberal Party, paving the way for a stoush bet... More

State of play - Senate and House

This morning it all feels like a bad dream but the pinch test makes it all reality. A successful era of conservative rule has come to an end... More

The tale of the tape

At this stage it appears that the Labor Party has picked up eight seats and the National Party has picked up Calare, NSW, from the Late Pete... More

The polls open

I have just left a polling booth in Bennelong after being one of the first in the door - to avoid long queues it pays to be very early these... More

This is it

Today could possibly be the last day Australia has a decent government. Tomorrow the whole nation goes to the polls (voting is compulsory) t... More

Senator Bob Brown's new order - feel free to die of thirst

Senator Bob Brown is one of the most ignorant, attention-seeking troglodites in Australian politics today. If ever there was a person who wa... More

I'd knock John over in a bar fight: Kevin07

It's big and brave of the Leader of the Opposition to appear on television and declare that he'd beat the Prime Minister in a pub brawl. The... More

My predictions for the election - seat by seat

Below is a list containing each electorate, the sitting member's name and then my prediction of whether the seat will be held or fall to ano... More

Seven days left until the ultimate showdown

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition are likely to spend most of the last week of Election 2007 in their electorates drumming... More

No guts, no glory

I went down the road to do my shopping this morning and after leaving the supermarket I got some money from the hole in the wall and then pr... More

Kevin07 launches Labor's campaign

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin07, has launched Labor's election campaign in front of an audience including his entire front bench, most of... More

Labor finally gives up on the T-Card white elephant

The NSW Transport Minister, John Watkins, has finally shown some leadership and written to a company in Perth, WA, saying that the NSW Gover... More

Don't let Labor get their hands on the Future Fund

An interesting leaflet arrived in the mail today - a statement made by the Liberal Party that claims that every state plus the Northern Terr... More

Liberal-National promise of huge road funding

The Commonwealth Government has announced funding of up to $10bn for the construction of extensions to the F3 Freeway in Sydney's north to m... More

Labor is now on a catastrophic downward slide

It had to happen and all conservative voters were just sitting and waiting for the big bubble to burst. Labor is now imploding on their inco... More

Kevin07 forced to act to try and save the ALP

Opposition Leader, Kevin07, has been forced to act to expel CFMEU organiser, Joe McDonald, from the Australian Labor Party because Mr McDona... More

Government's hand to the grey vote proves a winner

Under a revised assistance package for senior citizens they will receive a boost in their utilities allowance if the Government is re-electe... More

Nine shows favouritism to Kevin07

Nine went against the wishes of the National Press Club in last night's Great Debate between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader by sho... More

Labor's tax policy is 96% Liberal and 4% `Welfare State`

Last week Labor finally followed the Government's lead and released their taxation policy which included the usual swathe of Labor pork-barr... More

Labor hypocrisy knows no bounds

Opposition Leader, Kevin07, today echoed an opinion by the Commonwealth Bank that home ownership affordability has sunk to a record low thou... More

The Prime Minister taunts Kevin07: Let the good times roll

The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Leader of the Opposition, Kevin07, took a time-out this morning to attend the funeral of Trooper Da... More

NSW Government backflips in cheaper housing

New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, has backflipped on his promise to bring back cheap housing with his new policy of lowering certain le... More

How the world saw the election call

The world's major regional news websites covered the midday announcement of the Prime Minister seeking an election from His Excellency The G... More

Kevin07 is off to a bad start

Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd - also known as Kevin07 because of his biased website which goes by the same name, has promised to end the rif... More

It's on

Australians will choose their next government on the 24th November 2007 and in announcing this the Prime Minister, John Howard, has fired so... More

The Daily Telegraph is getting a bit ahead of themselves

I am closely watching all the media websites at the moment for news of the Prime Minister approaching the Governor General to ask for dissol... More

Kevin07 falls foul of reality on the subject of justice

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin07, and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Robert McClelland, have spoken out in favour of asking Indonesi... More

Royal North Shore Hospital run down by Labor

Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital is being run into the ground by Labor with reduced funding for the Accident and Emergency ward based on ... More

Kevin07 fails on his biggest test of leadership

Kevin07 is reported to be considering who will be the nation's Treasurer if Labor was to win power at the upcoming Federal election despite ... More

Kevin07 is unfit to govern: Costello

During Question Time this week the Government has seized on an opportunity to highlight Kevin07's inexperience with economic management as a... More

Kevin07 launches Labor's election campaign

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin07, has launched Labor's election campaign in Penrith, NSW which lies in the electorate of Lindsay, NSW (Hel... More

The Prime Minister undermines Kevin 07 again

Today the Prime Minister announced that regardless of his retirement from the office of Prime Minister he would commit to serving a full ter... More

Morris's transport plan is on the cheap - as usual

The New South Wales Government has spent the last twelve years dodging their responsibility to the electorate by planning inadequate modes o... More

Howard will retire mid term if re-elected

Prime Minister, John Howard, has indicated that he will retire during the life of the next Parliament if he is re-elected which will mean th... More

All quiet on the Western Front: Howard stays as leader

Government MPs met in private today to discuss the leadership of the Liberal Party and have brought the nation good news. Prime Minister, Jo... More

Kevin 07 maintains Labor's policy vacuum

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, has rekindled that question that Labor has put to Prime Minister, John Howard, at each election since... More

It don't impress me much

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, has been posing in front of the cameras whilst shaking hands with the President of China, Hu Jintao, ... More

Morris Iemma re-writes the history books - or tries to

This situation proves my previous claims that Wikipedia, one of many on-line encyclopaedias on the Internet, is corruptly managed and open t... More

A Price Too High: Australia's Approach to Asylum Seekers.

The headline is the name of a report given to the Commonwealth by a charity known as Oxfam, who has described the Pacific Solution as, "neit... More

Kevin 07 wants the nation's public hospitals

Kevin 07 has announced a plan to hold a referendum to decide the future of state-run health systems if he wins the next election and the sta... More

Kevin 07 came back from New York with a twinkle in his eye

Kevin07 goes limp on Treasurer's fund block

Treasurer, Peter Costello, has moved to introduce a new law to save the Future Fund from collapse if Labor was to win the next election. One... More

Kevin07 is lost for a policy or even an idea

Question Time, held in Parliament at 14:00 on each sitting day is normally a time where the the non-Government parties and Independent membe... More

Kevin07's promise of fast Internet is a laugh

Whilst Labor, Telstra, Optus and the Australian Competition Consumer Commission (ACCC), also known as the [i]competition lapdog[/i], are fig... More

Falling short of a worthwhile policy on anything Kevin 07...

...brings out the old leadership issue - again.

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Student unions good at spending other peoples' money

I've often said, and with a great deal of justification, that if Labor are elected to government at the next election they will reinstate la... More

Rudd's rent help plan won't work

Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, and the Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, will unveil a plan today to assist families finding it hard to re... More

How the polls get it terribly wrong

The electorate of Bennelong, NSW, held by Prime Minister, John Howard, was audited by the Galaxy Poll today to gauge support for Labor Candi... More

Kevin Rudd approved of Iraq war

It has been reported by the [i]Sunday Telegraph[/i] that Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, gave an in-principle approval to Australia's involve... More

Kevin 07 site highlights the good things we already have

After reading this pa... More

Don't risk it

The election campaign will not officially begin for another three or four months but things are already starting to warm up. With that in mi... More

All for one and one for all

Yesterday during Question Time a matter arose regarding unfair treatment of an employee by her boss, who just happened to be, apart from unf... More

Voluntary council amalgamations are mandatory

Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, has laid down the law to the state's 152 local councils, telling them all to invoke a merger agreement wi... More

The people said 'NO' to a republic Kevin, deal with it.

Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, has weighed back into the tired old republican debate with another attack on the Queen, branding her a foreig... More

Jolly poor show

I've stumbled upon another effort to destroy our Constitution.

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Greens policy on coal exports is hypocritical and economically damaging

Greens Leader, Senator Bob Brown, has called on the Prime Minister to phase out exports of coal in a speech written on the 12th February, 20... More

What price our democracy? - What price public safety?

Many or even most people will have heard by now about the plight of one Mohamed Haneef, a doctor who until recently was employed at Gold Coa... More

Prince William for Governor General

Much has been said this last week about a rumour that Prince William desires to be the Governor General once His Excellency, Major General M... More

Keating wants the Commonwealth Parliament in Sydney

Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, suggested today that the Commonwealth Parliament move from Canberra to Sydney based on a premise that C... More

Howard admits that he'll have to earn a 5th term

Today the Prime Minister admitted that recent opinion polling indicates that the Government will have a fight on their hands to win the elec... More

Hick is home, but...

Convicted terrorist, David Hicks, is now warming up a chair in his new cell at Yatala Gaol in Adelaide, South Australia after being transfer... More

Rudd wants to fix what ain't broke

iServ is about to turn to its hardcore best tonight as I take task to Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd and his 30 minute Right of Reply to this... More

Peter Costello brings down another Labor-busting budget

Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, has brought down his 12th national budget and the 10th straight being in surplus though along with that e... More

Kevin Rudd is in self-denial

Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, went on the defensive today, trying to convince the electorate that trade unions do not rule over him... More

Sorry Gordon, it's Queensland's constitutional obligation

I have just received an unsigned message from someone using an e-mail account with the user ID gordon.curtis@inbox.com and the IP address 20... More

Election 2007

[orange]08:00[/orange] Polling has opened for the general election of half the Legislative Council (21 of 42 seats) and all of the Legislati... More

NSW goes to the polls today

Today the people of New South Wales go to the polls and many will vote for an incumbent government that no-one really wants.

Both t... More

Kevin Rudd wants to raid the nation's bikkie tin

Yesterday, Federal Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, promised to resurrect the Beazley Bankcard by breaking into the Commonwealth Future Fund w... More

The Greens want to decriminalise 'ice'

Greens Legislative Councillor, Lee Rhiannon, has included as part of her policy platform a proposal to decriminalise the use of meth-ampheta... More

Labor cannot win in November

The delerious Monty has quoted various opinion polls today in another uneducated rant on his webflog which indicate that Labor would have wo... More

Paul Keating - Crawl back into your hole

Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, went on radio yesterday referring to the current Prime Minister as a 'desacated coconut' and Treasurer,... More

Symbolic rhetoric

Well it seems that my recent article on a government proposal to phase out the use of incandescent light globes has struck a chord with the ... More

WA Inc. rocks Labor

In the latest scandal to rock Labor in Western Australia, Brian Burke hosted a dinner in 2005 attended by, among others, Federal Opposition ... More

Vote Liberal for the environment

Today I received a letter from the Prime Minister, The Honourable John Howard, who also just happens to be my local member of Parliament, co... More

Wog bashing claim doesn't hold water

New South Wales Treasurer, Michael Costa has accused the Opposition of bringing racial issues into the election campaign and has stood along... More

Howard goes to town on Obama

US Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, after recently promising to withdraw the US occupation of Iraq if he replaced current president, Ge... More

Labor's tricks have begun in earnest

It had to happen, just like it does at every election. A leaflet came in the mail the other day which, at face value, appeared to be advice ... More

First world nation with a third world rail system

On Monday, 29th January, I stepped aboard the 17:00 train from Wynyard (an underground railway station in Sydney's CBD) to West Ryde which i... More

Morris Iemma either has a fat arse or a complex over his height

The count down to the State election in New South Wales has begun in earnest with Premier, Morris Iemma, answering favourably to a challenge... More

Chopper rescues put at risk by Labor

The New South Wales Government has all but destroyed the State's two rescue helicopter services by removing the existing ones and replacing ... More

Lottery Office for sale

NSW Opposition Leader, Peter Debnam, has put forward a proposal to privatise the New South Wales Lottery Office to raise $1bn for urgent inf... More

Rudd wants our hospitals

I seem to predict things quite accurately lately and new Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, has done me good service by releasing his first poli... More

Proven loser versus potential disaster

Federal Minister for Health, Tony Abbott, said today that the looming Labor leadership battle between current Opposition Leader, Kim 'Bomber... More

Labor proves to be un-educated

New South Wales Minister for Education, Carmel Tebbutt, was asked by a morning radio presenter:

Why do we celebrate Australia Da... More

Just call me Nostradamus

Why? Because the other day I had a go at New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma about the State's corporatised electricity distributors and I... More

Electricity grid privatisation is back on the agenda

Finance Minister, Senator Nick Minchin, has called for New South Wales and Queensland to privatise their electricity grids and retailers in ... More

Bob Carr still bleeding the State dry

It has been revealed by The Daily Telegraph that former New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, costs the State nearly half a million dollars... More

Labor intensifies threat against federalism

On the 15th November I reminded everyone in More

Workchoices is good but not at the expense of State sovereignty

Yesterday the High Court ruled that the Commonwealth's reforms of the industrial relations system was constitutional, despite clear statemen... More

Sparkles gets the boot

New South Wales Premier, Morris Iemma, has sacked the Police Minister, Carl 'Sparkles' Scully, after it was shown that Mr Scully had mislead... More

It can't come quick enough

Prime Minister, John Howard, has announced that laws forbidding non-English speakers from becoming Australian citizens are about to be intro... More

Don Chipp dies

Former Member of Parliament and Senator, Don Chipp, died yesterday at the age of 81. Mr Chipp will be remembered for founding Australia's th... More

Labor are a pack of disgusting hypocrites

In 1975, before the Constitutional Crisis that lead to the sacking of the Labor Government lead by Edward Gough Whitlam, the Government intr... More

Prime Minister chooses to stay

Prime Minister, John Howard, has given the official word today - he's staying in the top job until after the next election. It's a good thin... More

Happy birthday Prime Minister

Prime Minister, John Howard, turns 67 today.

Mr Howard has given a fairly solid indication that he has no plans for retirement, rat... More

The Government and the Prime Minister unharmed by leadership tensions

Despite recent leadership tensions, fuel prices and a tirade of union-led lies over Indutrial Relations reform the Prime Minister and his go... More

Two faults with our greatest treasurer

I've mentioned previously about the ability of Treasurer, Peter Costello, to balance the nation's budget. There are two fundamental flaws wi... More

The Prime Minister is right to stay

Prime Minister, The Honourable John Howard, has declared that he will hang on to the top job "for as long as his party wants him to", repeat... More

Ships of the line could make a comeback

There is a movement in the United States that are requesting the return to active service of the world's last surviving battleships, the US ... More

Labor's family policy is still-born

Labor front-bencher, Tanya Plibersek, wrote an article for today's [i]Sydney Morning Herald[/i] about alleged failings of the Government's w... More

`Let's not wait for the death of the Queen`

The title of this thread is an extract of a comment made by the chairman of the Australian Republican Movement (ARM), Mr Ted O'Brien. In add... More

Hereditary Peer

I bought [i]The Sydney Morning Herald[/i] today to find that Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, being portrayed in a similar way to wha... More

The Left is saying 'no' but we need it

Nuclear power is no longer an option for Australia - it's a must-have. Labor, under the command of the union movement, is saying no so that ... More

Children should be seen and not heard

I was reading the News Ltd website this morning only to discover a report about school children attending an organised protest against the C... More

Nurses have never had it better

On a website which I regard as a diary of left-wing sentiment at the best of times I read an article this afternoon which ranks as one of th... More

`Australia was invaded` says the NPWS

Left wing elements of the New South Wales Public Service have committed a disgusting and insulting character assassination of the white popu... More

Right of reply the most boring ever

Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, tonight brought down his right of reply to Tuesday's budget and it follows on from a boring week in ... More

Record 11th Commonwealth budget delivers the goods

Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, has brought down his 11th budget, a new record and he seems to be enjoying the job, despite continuing me... More

Beazley inherits Evans` foot in mouth disease

Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, seems to have caught a contagious strain of foot in mouth disease from former colleague, Gareth Evan... More

Bomber begs unions for some authority

Federal Opposition Leader, Kim 'Bomber' Beazley, is at odds with a Labor Party policy outlining strict restrictions on uranium mining in Aus... More

The Beazley Bankcard is paid off

It has taken ten years and some tough decisions but it was worth it. Australia is officially now a nation free of public debt at the Commonw... More

Eric is a naughty boy

New South Wales Roads Minister and Legislative Council member, Eric Roozendaal, has been sprung being driven in a bus lane in a week in poli... More

The Left is contributing to Labor's woes

Federal Shadow Minister for Health, Julia Gillard, a member of the Labor Party's left faction, has recently indicated a long term ambition t... More

United Nations again proves to be toothless

The Greens have come to life again, this time in the wake of news that India is asking Australia to sell her supplies of uranium, despite In... More

Tasmanians have to get over their green agenda

Any political party in Tasmania can prevent another Franklin Dam saga. It doesn't have to be The Greens. Tasmanians have been fooled by The ... More

Beazley the wrecker

This is absolutely incompetant:

Mr Beazley was trying to suspend standing orders [brown][The rules that govern business proceedi... More

John Howard is a wanted man

A very recent poll conducted by News Ltd... More

Howard and Costello are on the money

The Prime Minister, John Howard, has given new support to the Treasurer, Peter Costello, over recent remarks Mr Costello made regarding alle... More

The Left sinks to new lows

As has been reported on Channel 7 and The Daily Telegraph, a left wing organisation known as Resistance comprising university st... More

Premier Iemma: No tax cuts

The problems plaguing our motorway tolls, in particular the Cross City Tunnel and falling patronage on the new M7, pale in comparison to iss... More

Kyoto Protocol is a joke

Prime Minister, John Howard, saw it coming and so did former US President, Bill Clinton. After resisting pressure from over 190 countries ar... More

Doctors Reform Society has no idea

The Doctors Reform Society (DRS) has accused the Commonwealth of skimping on health funding that was announced this week at the Council of A... More

Morris Iemma has a filthy mouth

Yesterday NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, called the new CEO of the company that manages the Cross City Tunnel a fuckwit. As reported on the nati... More

Do not mention the 'R' word

Just expect it to happen, in NSW at least. The NSW economy is officially in recession, the ecopnomic decline due to ineffectual NSW Governme... More

Labor brings backflipping to state politics

NSW Premier, Morris Iemma, has personally shelved the idea of building a water desalination plant in Sydney. This course of action is not be... More

Get rid of nuclear weapons

In the past three or four months we have seen Iran being warned over her potential to produce nuclear weapons. Germany and the US have been ... More

Australian Wheat Board cops more stick

There seems to be alot being said about the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) fiasco at the moment and I am wondering what to make of it. The who... More

The ACCC are a bunch of fruitcakes

Quote from news.com.au:

The ACCC has argued for a range of prices, from $7 in city central business districts to $13 per cus... More

Bob Carr quit politics but still has his hands in the till

Former New South Wales Premier, Bob Carr, is still being chauffer-driven around town in a state limousine by a policeman acting as his perso... More

A resident for president?

This is one of the official slogans of the Australian Republican Movement. It's such a disgraceful, treacherous and deceiving remark:
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Republic is a mugs game

A recent poll indicates that only 22% of people unconditionally support a change to a republic in Australia, down from 48% in 1999 just befo... More

Dial Triple 0 for the run around

The NSW Government has plans to introduce changes to procedures in hospital emergency wards which include delegating nurses to diagnose ailm... More

The republic issue is dead - get over it

Thankfully, Australia Day 2006 was celebrated by all with few people attempting to reignite the tired old republic debate. Of course there w... More

Come on Bomber, you can do better than this

Federal Opposition Leader, Kim Beazley, has attacked the Prime Minister, John Howard, for "Americanising Australia" though I think this tren... More

Leave Mark alone

Former Federal Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, stands accused of allegedly punching a photographer who works for The Daily Telegraph and... More